2003
Women’s Health
| Grant Description | Amount |
|---|---|
| Blackburn Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence To develop a best practices structure for volunteer management, a comprehensive policies and procedures manual, and methodology for ongoing evaluation |
$16,149 |
| Jewish Women’s Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh Support for a presentation by Harvard Professor, Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair on From Girls to Women: Getting them There Safely |
$1,000 |
| Lydia’s Place, Inc. 2002 Jefferson Award |
$1,000 |
| Magee-Womens Health Foundation Sponsorship of the 2002 Celebration of Women Dinner |
$2,000 |
| National Council of Jewish Women 2003 Race for the Cure |
$3,000 |
| Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery For the Collaborative Human Resources Project, an effort to meet the growing human resources and personnel management needs of Bethlehem Haven, the Center for Victims of Violent Crime and POWER |
$40,000 |
| Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force For “Women Empowered,” a program to reduce the risks of HIV infection for African-American women of childbearing age who live in disadvantaged communities |
$10,000 |
| The Program for Female Offenders Support for Prostitution, Education, Employment and Rehabilitation (PEER), a program designed to assist prostitutes in finding a permanent way out of their lifestyle through a network of tailored services and resources |
$35,000 |
| Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Conference support for “Going with the Flow: Mapping the Course of Menstrual Experience” |
$750 |
| Women & Philanthropy 2003 Membership dues |
$100 |
People with Disabilities
| Grant Description | Amount |
|---|---|
| Advisory Board on Autism and Related Disorders Support for distribution of information on autism to families and professionals |
$9,100 |
| Allegheny County Respite Care Coalition Administrative support for coordination of respite care services and evaluation of the impact on families |
$15,000 |
| Carnegie Museum of Natural History To provide outreach programs to children with disabilities and to teen mothers through Museum on the Move |
$20,000 |
| Commonwealth Institute Support for a series of training events for parents, service providers and people with disabilities to raise consciousness about issues that pose a risk to people with disabilities and present strategies for an effective response |
$8,000 |
| Disability Funders Network 2003 Institutional Dues |
$1,250 |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank For the operation of a newly integrated volunteer program including people with disabilities and for staff training related to disability sensitivity and diversity |
$28,507 |
| Hope Network Administrative support including start-up costs of a women’s wheelchair basketball team for the Healthsports Program which provides sports, fitness and recreational activities so people with disabilities can lead more active lives |
$20,000 |
| Human Services Center Corporation For free follow-up care for uninsured and low-income people who participate in the Vision Screening project of the Mon Valley Providers Council |
$2,000 |
| Latrobe Area Hospital Charitable Foundation To start a program to increase ski helmet usage through educational strategies and a helmet-loan program |
$4,500 |
| North Hills YMCA/Camp High Hopes Operating support for Camp High Hopes 2003, serving children and youth with disabilities |
$3,000 |
| Radio Information Service To expand availability of news broadcasts for the visually impaired to include people whose physical limitations prevent them from holding a newspaper or magazine |
$35,000 |
| SHOUT For staff support to expand employment opportunities for people who rely on augmentative communication |
$5,000 |
| UCP of Pittsburgh Support for speaker’s fee for Visitibility Event: “Developing and Building the Pittsburgh of the Future” |
$1,100 |
| United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Support for the Sixth Annual International Mitochondrial Disease Symposium, building awareness about mitochondrial disease in the medical community and the broader public |
$5,000 |
| The Woodlands Foundation For comprehensive database management software and computer hardware to support marketing and development for this facility providing programs for groups that serve children and adults with disabilities |
$10,000 |
| Visitability Event Support for Speaker’s fee for Visitability Event, Designing and Building the Pittsburgh of the Future |
$1,100 |
Other
| Grant Description | Amount |
|---|---|
| Grantmakers in Health For general support of this national organization serving the professional needs of foundations involved in health and human services philanthropy |
$2,000 |
| Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania 2003 Membership Dues |
$1,248 |
| Health Policy Institute For operating support for this organization that seeks to enhance health in the Pittsburgh region by improving the policies and other decisions that influence it |
$5,000 |
| Pittsburgh Mercy Foundation Sponsorship of the Mercy Evening of Promise Dinner |
$2,500 |